Whenever the Internet was new, very few people ever ventured outside of cyberspace in order to promote their website. There were a daring few who did so and some people saw some good for their efforts. During that time, however, not as many people had the Internet and were not as familiar with hearing URLs whenever they were spoken. All that has changed in recent years, however, and people are seeing excellent results online from their off-line efforts. Let's take a look at a few of the things that you can do in order to make sure that your website is consistently getting traffic from your real-world efforts.
One of the best ways for you to get a lot of visitors to your website is to have it mentioned in the media in some way or another. This really is not too difficult to do and many newspapers and news stations will report on your website if you really have a newsworthy event happening. How many times have you seen a URL in a newspaper or heard one on the news and gone right over to type it into your Internet browser? You would be surprised with how much traffic you can get by doing this.
Another way to get yourself some traffic with off-line methods is by handing out business cards that contain your URL. You should always make sure that your website address is included on your business cards because many people that are interested in what you have to offer will automatically go over and check out your online presence. You may also be able to leave some business cards that are specifically designed to promote your website at a variety of different locations. If you frequent certain businesses, ask them if you can leave some of your business cards on the counter. Many of them will allow you to do it, simply to keep a good customer.
Expanding on the idea of a business card, you may also be able to come up with a flyer that is very effective for promoting your website. If you're into niche marketing and you have some local businesses that are also in the same general niche, perhaps they would be willing to offer the flyers to their customers. This is especially true if you are offering something of interest to their customers that is not competing against them. Perhaps you can even sweeten the deal by promoting them a little bit on your website. It may not work in the reverse way but most people would be willing to make the exchange.
Many times, we get too caught up with our online marketing efforts and miss the fact that the real world can certainly send us a lot of traffic. Make sure that you include a little bit of off-line marketing in your daily routine. Once you get the hang of it, it can actually be an enjoyable part of your day where you get to interact with people on a one-to-one basis.
Direct-mail-offline advertisement such as color postcard printing is still the most effective way to generate online traffic and eventually online sales. You may have set up their business in cyberspace or while others simply use it to augment the sales of brick and mortar stores. Either way, it will help your business generate the much needed traffic.
With more than 10 billion web pages, a website without advertising might just as well be a non-descript hole in the whole that people hardly take notice. There is very little chance of potential clients visiting your site if they hardly know you exist, much less make the sale. In the hurly burly of the digital world, the simple and easy colorful post card printing might still be your best bet to increase online traffic and sales.
Insights on Offline vs. Online Direct-Mail-Advertising
•Postcards have a higher readability than other advertisements. Postcards can be sent as is without being stuffed into an envelope. Even the simple act of sorting through the mail, your audience can easily scan through your postcard. Advertising envelopes are easy to spot and can be thrown away without as much as a second thought.
Online direct-mail may suffer the same fate. With all the junk mail being sent out, your email hardly has a chance of being opened, much less read.
•Postcards can be kept or passed on
The postcard is designed to draw attention and to ignite interest. It is designed with full color for impact and a hard paper back for durability. It can be kept as a bookmark, pinned on a cork board, pasted on a scrap book, or passed on to friends. This can quickly multiply the advertising potential of your postcard.
Even when an online postcard is kept for future reference, chances are it will be buried deep beneath all the other mail in the inbox. As it is simply an unattractive colorless line among a sea of lines, it will hardly be remembered.
•Postcards can tease and intrigue
Illustrations draw more attention than headlines, and headlines draw more attention than body text. You can use illustrations to pique your audience interest and back it up with an interesting headline or question.
Follow this up with a caption instructing them to visit the website to get more information, or for the answer to the questions.
Sending online postcards can sometimes feel like beating a dead horse. You are using an obscure advertisement to help generate traffic to an equally obscure website. It’s hardly the cost-effective advertisement you are looking for.
Color postcard printing on its own will hardly make the sale, but it can generate the much needed online traffic. The website is an interactive marketing tool that can provide your clients with all the information they need, and the order form which makes it easier for them to order. It is easier for the website to make the sale than any other advertising. Offline postcards can get your clients there.
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